Nara is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Japan, and it is rich in history and nature. Here, there are over 1200 deer that roam the city’s numerous parks and temples, and you can feed them rice crackers called shika senbei or “deer cookies” (鹿せんべい). Known as shika deer, their name comes from…
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I’m Making a Stealth-Based Game Set at a Museum
Guess what! I’m building a museum! Well, not an actual museum, but a video game that takes place at a museum. In this game, you’re a secret agent assigned to investigate suspicious activity at the museum complex. As one of the basic mechanics, you have to be stealthy and sneak past guards and find artifacts….
Guess the Animal Before the Camera Zooms In
Camouflage is essential to survival in the animal kingdom. Whether hiding from predators or hiding from prey, animals need to blend in to live to see another day. Finding camouflaged animals is difficult enough, but identifying them is another story. I filmed a bunch of animals in the wild, and now, I challenge you to…
Ancient Sea Monsters: Megalodon and Livyatan
5 million years ago, many sea creatures that we know today roamed the world’s oceans. However, there were two (now extinct) titans that ruled the waves: Megalodon and Livyatan. I made a short animated film to portray these real life sea monsters, and you can watch the video and read the script below! Whale sharks…
Fire Prevention Bear: The Forest Guardian | Unreal Engine 5 Animation
Whenever there’s a forest fire, call Fire Prevention Bear. Armed with razor sharp claws and a powerful jetpack, he’s a serious threat to any pyromaniacs who would dare to light a match in the forest. Oddly enough, he lost his job at the National Park Service. I made this animation in Unreal Engine 5 using…
Building Dinosaur Armies in a Retro Jurassic Park Game
After reviewing Prehistoric Kingdom in a previous video, I decided to play other dinosaur games. This is a dinosaur army laying waste to tanks and jeeps in an enemy encampment. And, yes, that is a dinosaur roasting on a campfire. But how and why is this happening? Let’s roll back the clock a bit. When…
Building Jurassic Park with Scientifically Accurate Dinosaurs
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to run a Jurassic Park style zoo with scientifically accurate dinosaurs? Well, I played this game called Prehistoric Kingdom and got a good taste of that experience. I spared no expense, as I went bankrupt in the game, like, 5 times. The dinosaurs in this game…
Adding the Amazon River to Our Living Room
For the past couple years, I’ve envisioned a miniature Amazon River in our living room. After all, many popular aquarium fish, such as tetras and corydoras, are from that part of the world, so I figured this environment would be easy enough to create. It has not been difficult, but it has taken a lot…
Tiny Aquarium Creatures Up Close
Have you ever wondered what tiny aquarium creatures look like up close? No, I mean, REAL close. Yeah, I know you can put your face up to the glass, but that’s not what I’m talking about. For these shots, I used a macro lens that can see closer than the human eye. These colorful creatures…
Cherry Shrimp on a Feeding Frenzy
Last month, I bought a 10 gallon aquarium from my cousin Ryan. It was stocked with a bunch of plants and a HUGE colony of cherry shrimp (Neocaridina davidi). Seriously, there are a lot of shrimp in there. My cousin said he’d started with just 5 or so shrimp. Now, there might be 100. At…
Tidewater Teddy 